QB transfer from Texas “lovin’ it” at CU

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Tom Kensler
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September 15, 2011 @ 8:50 am
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BOULDER — While waiting for interviews at Colorado’s Dal Ward Center, I’ve had a couple of short chats with quarterback Connor Wood, the transfer from Texas. He is impressive.

The Houston native and former national blue-chipper looks the part at 6-feet-4 and 220 pounds, with broad shoulders and a strong build.

But what really stands out is his likeable personality. Wood is confident, but not cocky. He gives the impression that he will do whatever it takes to complete the task at hand. He’s polite, personable and outgoing, but not pushy. If you could draw up a personality for a quarterback, this might be it.

And, less than three weeks after arriving in Boulder, Wood already seems to have fit in comfortably.

Wood doesn’t even have a thick Texas twang.

“I love it here,” he told me.

CU practices are closed, but reports are that Wood has turned heads while working on the scout team. He must sit out this season as a transfer and then will have three years of eligibility at CU, beginning in 2012 as a third-year sophomore.

Wood certainly sounded like a Coloradan when he said he can’t wait to go fly fishing for trout on some mountain stream, when he gets some free time, that is.

Colorado’s quarterback competition next spring could become as heated as it has been here in years. Wood will be battling sophomore-to-be Nick Hirschman and perhaps incoming freshman Shane Dillon, a highly regarded high school senior in the San Diego area who has given an oral commitment to sign with CU in February.

The Buffs also have three other quarterbacks: current freshmen John Schrock and Stevie Joe Dorman, and Brent Burnette, a junior-college transfer.

Schrock, a walk-on from suburban Kansas City, beat out the two scholarship players during August camp and is listed as CU’s No. 3 quarterback this season, behind starter Tyler Hansen and Hirschman.

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